Prairie Fire Journal

With all the i-hype these days about Apple products, the Mac computer is still inferior to the PC when it comes to playing the various video formats available on the internet. I can download the K-Lite Codec Package for Windows Media Player and it allows me to play virtually any video or audio format available on the internet on Windows Media Player.

On a PC you can play Apple Quicktime video on Windows Media Player, but Mac users can't play Windows Media Video on a Quicktime Player. That's what has always been the problem with Apple; they insist on being so proprietary in their offerings that they leave the user with limited capabilities as compared to a PC. There is a Quicktime codec pack called Perian that's available for Mac users, but it still doesn't support wmv format and is limited in other formats as well.

For versatility, choice and cost, I'll take a PC over a Mac any day when it comes to video.